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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

"how long is the asteroid trail'?

We have time. 4 seconds

We have measurable length.

We have Orion Belt , with Arc Seconds of a baseline of distance.


I could do this equation 30 years ago. I loved Physics and Calc.



So pelican enginerds



how long is the trail?


bring it. I'm dusting off my physics book.



Anyone want the Native JPG files... PM me your email addy.

I'm surprised that you haven't gotten an answer. But, here's an answer that I think is probably pretty close. I didn't do the math because that sounds like a huge pain in the rear. What I did do was a visual estimate of the path using Stellarium.

Stellarium using my visual estimate says the streak in your photo is 0° 39' 42.55". I suspect we could round that up a bit and still be save, so probably 39-40 mins.